It was later re-released on the Checker label, but this later version omitted the final four saxophone notes at the coda which were part of the songs signature. The track was originally released on the Casa Grande label.
"Im On The Outside Looking In" by Little Anthony and the Imperials #15 1964 appears inspired by the main tune of this song, and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" by Freddy Fender #8 1975 appears inspired by the chorus of this song. Based on the similarities in melody, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" appears to have inspired two future Top 20 hits. Seven months later, the song reached its peak of popularity in the United States.
Margo and the rest of the Tune Weavers recorded it and "Ol Man River" in an 18-hour session on March 7, 1957, in Boston, with Margo eight months pregnant. It was real," she recounted to Wayne Jancik in The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders. When he broke up with her, Margo came up with the lyrics to express how she wanted to stay with him. The B-side of "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby, was The Tune Weavers version of "Ol Man River" The inspiration for the song came from Margos then-boyfriend, Donald Clements, who was a member of a group called the Sophomores. The single went to number four on the R&B chart and went to number five on the Hot 100. Both Margo Sylvia and Gilbert Lopez were members of The Tune Weavers.
"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" was originally performed by The Tune Weavers, who had their only hit with this song. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby is a 1957 song written by Margo Sylvia & Gilbert Lopez. Donald then shrinks while panicking in embarrassment and horror over wrongly accusing the boys and jumps into a hole in the tree house floor. Just as the cigar box is emptied, without even noticing that there were no more cigars, he discovers a birthday card from the trio and realizes, much to his shock, that the cigars were really meant for him. Thinking the trio have taken up smoking, Donald sneaks into the tree house and makes them smoke all of the cigars themselves to teach them a lesson about smoking which he does mercilessly.
After a couple of failed attempts to steal the bank, the trio manage to take the money and buy the box of cigars before returning to their tree house. He gives them the money, but immediately has them deposit it in a singing coin bank. On March 13, Huey, Dewey, and Louie decide to buy a box of cigars for their uncle Donalds birthday, but when they realize they do not have $2.98, they do the backyard lawn and charge Donald for the chores.
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